Lisa Mangiamele

Lisa Mangiamele is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College. Her research focuses on integrative neurobiology, particularly mechanisms of animal communication and hormonal modulation of behavior in frogs and fish. She employs behavioral, physiological, molecular, and neuroanatomical techniques to study sensory signal integration and its evolutionary implications.

• Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., Colgate University

Her work explores how hormones like androgens influence multimodal communication and neuromotor adaptations. Recent studies examine foot-flagging frogs and goldfish reproductive behaviors using comparative neurobiology, endocrinology, and transcriptomics.

Key article trends include hormonal mechanisms in communication evolution (2024), genome resources for behavior studies (2023), and membrane receptor effects on signaling (2018-2012). Subfields span neuroendocrine signaling, sensory integration, and evolutionary adaptations.

Scientific recognitions include

• PNAS cover article (2016)
• Inside JEB feature (2010)
• Multiple invited reviews (2018)

Lisa actively mentors students (marked with * in publications) and leads a research laboratory investigating the intersection of hormones, brain function, and species-specific communication behaviors.